Black metal artist unwittingly elected to Norwegian town council

A Norwegian heavy metal “legend” has been forced to serve his local council for the next two years after a joke campaign saw him actually elected into office: “My campaign was a picture of me holding my cat saying, ‘please don’t vote for me.,’” he said.

Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell, better known for his role in the band Darkthrone, agreed to run in the election to make up numbers for the council’s “backup list”, but never anticipated that he would be successful.

fenriz of darkthrone being elected to town council using this poster is the greatest event in political history pic.twitter.com/yqmcV7yjh4